Banpei's two door panda Trueno from Japan

[banpei]

Thanks! Yes, that was a happy coincidence! I just lowballed for what I thought was an auction for two wheels, and I got a complete set instead.
They aren't too bad. The plan is to first remove the caked brake dust and clean the inner barrels. Then to polish the lips and see how well they turn out. Only then I'll remove the centres and blast them. At first, I was thinking of having them powder coated, but the prices are quite steep. So I'll probably paint them instead and use some 2K clearcoat to ensure they're protected well.

[banpei]

Today, I fitted the 7-inch wide wheel, and it's just a tiny bit wider than the fender:


Seen from the front, it looks perfect:

I do realise I need to fit camber plates and lower the car, as otherwise the enormous gap between the arches and the tyres would look comical on my car.

Also, you might have noticed that this is a different garage than the one I recently moved to. I decided to swap garages as the landlord had another renter whose car was just 10 centimetres too long for this garage. The garage I use is about 1 meter longer than this one, so mine would fit the other car better, and this one is outfitted with electricity and water, so win-win for both of us.

[banpei]

Move to garage #3 has been completed:

As you can see, I have many shelves in this garage, and I want to create some sort of wheel-shelf where currently the Levin bumper sits on the right side. I'm not sure if the current rails will hold such a thing, but I'll try to hang and put my full weight on it when the car isn't inside the garage.

[decryphe]

I'd suggest something different for the wheels, you could build something out of two long water pipes hung at two distances from the wall, so the wheels can stand on the pipes. Essentially this, but DIY: https://www.hornbach.ch/de/p/schulte-rei.../10145076/

[banpei]

Thanks for the suggestion!
That's similar to the plan I had. My plan. was using two wooden beams that sit on top of the shelf supports.
I spoke to the owner, and he used wedge bolts to attach the rails to the wall. The wheels would weigh between 5 and 10 kilograms each, so 10 wheels should weigh at most 100 kilograms. In theory, it should hold these wheels without a problem.

[banpei]

Today, I received a mini-me of my Trueno:

It's a model by Hi-Story and allegedly handmade. The body is made out of epoxy resin, which made it difficult to purchase as Buyee refuses to handle epoxy resin. It took two messages to convince them it's cured epoxy resin.

[Koen]

Great progress! My car is lowered with these springs and Koni yellow shocks for reference. No camber plates yet, will have to test if they rub after I fix the engine.

Also love the modelcar! But why do you sell the wheels now you can't make a perfect copy

[banpei]

(Yesterday 08:43 AM)Koen Wrote:  Great progress! My car is lowered with these springs and Koni yellow shocks for reference. No camber plates yet, will have to test if they rub after I fix the engine.

Also love the modelcar! But why do you sell the wheels now you can't make a perfect copy

Thanks for the link. I already have a set of Apex springs in the shed that were once intended for fitting on the Carina, and I'm planning to fit those. I found it required major adaptation on both the rear axle and the front struts of the Carina, so it sits unused since then, and I have been lazy since then as I couldn't find enough time to fit them myself. I believe they lower about 20mm.

The wheels on the model car are a different design and size (13 instead of 14) from the ones I'm selling. Those wheels are much harder to find as they were sold here to be fitted as optional wheels on the E70 and standard on the Corolla TE71 and some of the Starlet KP60s.

The wheels I'm selling are the standard wheels that came with the AE86 in the Netherlands. They were intended to be fitted on the AE86 to make it look stock (and sell it), but I never got around to doing that as I found a really nice set of Advan Y3B wheels and fitted those instead. And then I never let go of the AE86.